Improvement in elastic mane-turners



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CHAMBERLAYNE PHELPS,

0F CLAYTON,l NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 110,068, dated December 13, 1870.

`IMPROVEMENT IN ELASTIC MANE-TURNERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making partof the same.

, Total! whomz'tmay concern:

13e it known that I, OHAMBERLAYNE PHELrs, of the townof Clayton, county of J eiferson and State ot New York, vhave invented a new and useful Elastic Mame-Turner and Adjuster; and I declare that the following is a clear, full, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the,accoinpanying drawing, in which like letters in the different figures represent like parts of the invention, and in whichlligure 1 shows the device att-ached and properly adjusted upon a horse-s neck.

Figure 2 is a side View of the device, detached.

Figure 3 is au under-side view of the device, -de tachcd.

Na turc `cords to the harness', and with rings or loops for hold- Y ing the mane iuproper position between the cords.

Description.

` A A are elastic cords, 'the front ends of which are held in the eye e upon holder d, which is provided with hook 11,-, by which it is attached to and held iu place upon the head-stall of the bridle, as seenin Ii g. 1. l

The cords extend along the horses neck, and are looped around the breast-strap, and are secured and protected there by the holder c, and the back ends, which are provided with metallic tips, are properly adjusted and secured by the holder b.

' S S are loops onrings upon the cords, for holding them and the maine in proper position. The lower cord A is made larger than cord A', forv the purpose of securing proper strength with neatness, and the, upper cord may be of a color to correspond with the color of the mane, and mayalso be ornamented by attaching to it tassels or `other suitable ornaments, and the whole length or only a part of the cords may be elastic.

In adjusting the mane when the device is attached as shown aud described, the upper cord is lifted and av portion of the mane drawn through,between the cords ticieut period when the mane is to be changed from one side to the other.

I contemplate that the cords may be fastened and held in place by heilig tied to orlooped around the. -head-stall ot' the bridle andbreast-st-rap, or in any other well-known manner.

. Claims.

"hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-v 1. The' adjustment of a horses mane by means of cords A A', arranged substantially as described and set forth.

2. The mane-'turner and adjuster, consisting of the elastic cords A A', proved with holders bV c d, and withloops or rings S S, substantially as set forth.

1u attestation ot' the foregoing spccitieations ofnly mane turner and adjuster, I hereunto subscribe my v name this 15th day of October, A. D: 1870.

UHAMBERLAYNE PHELPS.- Witnesses:

JAMES JOHNSON,

.Honn'rlo N. Esfrns. 

